Ecclesiastes 7:1-6; Ecclesiastes 7:11-12; Ecclesiastes 7:19

Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

1 What advantage has a man? for who knows good for a man in his life, the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

2 A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.

3 better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good to his heart.

4 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.

5 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

6 better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

11 Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire in wisdom concerning this.

12 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and an advantage to them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

19 It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth .